Where I live : poems about my home, my street, and my town

First edition.

Book

Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023.

©2023

40 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

"This diverse selection of 34 poems, paired with bright illustrations that capture daily life, celebrates the places where we live: our homes, our streets, our towns"-- Provided by publisher

Neighborhoods -- Juvenile poetry.

Community life -- Juvenile poetry.

City and town life -- Juvenile poetry.

Neighborhoods -- Poetry.

Community life -- Poetry.

City and town life -- Poetry.

Poetry.

Picture books.

Janeczko, Paul B., compiler.

Yum, Hyewon, illustrator.

Poems about my home, my street, and my town

Home / X.J. Kennedy ; The breakfast boss / Janet Wong ; The window / Walter de la Mare ; Our rooftop / Amy Ludwig VanDerwater ; Sunday brunch / Reuben Jackson ; Ode to a sprinkler / Gary Soto ; back yard/ Valerie Worth ; Crickets / Myra Cohn Livingston ; The train / Charlotte Zolotow ; Our cats / Wes Magee ; Now the swing is still / Nicholas Virgilio -- Spruce Street, Berkeley / Naomi Shihab Nye ; Sidewalk cracks / Patricia Hubbell ; Block party / Nikki Grimes ; Ode to my shoes / Francisco X. Alarcón ; Ice cream truck / Irene Latham ; in yellow boots / Paul B. Janeczko ; Over in the pink house / Rebecca Kai Dotlich ; The tree on the corner / Lilian Moore ; October / Linda Sue Park ; The walk / Charles Waters ; Snowplow / Hope Vestergaard -- If I could build a town / Betsy Franco ; People / Lois Lenski ; Mrs. Peck-Pigeon / Eleanor Farjeon ; At the car wash / Lin Oliver ; Launderama / Iain Crichton Smith ; Grocery store cat / Dave Crawley ; New kid at school / Betsy Franco ; Recess / Avis Harley ; Knoxville, Tennessee / Nikki Giovanni ; Winter in the park / Charles Ghigna ; Snowy benches / Aileen Fisher ; City / Langston Hughes.

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